Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěto

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laita, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tóm, *loyt- (“warm part of the year”). Cognate with Old Irish laithe n (“day”), Swedish låding, lådig (“spring”).

Noun

*lě̀to n[1][2]

summer
year

Declension

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Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лѣто (lěto)
  - Old Ruthenian: лѣто (lěto)
    - Belarusian: ле́та (ljéta)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: лї́то (ljíto)
    - Ukrainian: лі́то (líto)
  - Russian: ле́то (léto), ле́та (léta, “year (only)”)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: лѣто (lěto)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱑⱅⱁ (lěto)
- Bulgarian: ля́то (ljáto)
- Macedonian: лето (leto)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ле̏то, ље̏то
  
  Latin script: lȅto, ljȅto
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): lȉto
  - Chakavian (Novi, Orbanići): lȅto
- Slovene: lẹ́to (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: léto
  - Czech: léto
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): líto
  - Knaanic: לֵיטוֹ‎ (léto)
- Kashubian: lato
- Polabian: ľotü
- Old Polish: lato
  - Polish: lato
  - Silesian: lato
- Slovak: leto
- Slovincian: lãtɵ
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: lěto, lěćo
  - Lower Sorbian: lěto, lěśe

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: leat

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀to”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 274: “n. o (a) ‘summer’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “lěto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a summer (NA 115, 133, 143; SA 23, 199; PR 132; MP 24; RPT 111)”

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лето”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lěto”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 8

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀to”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 274: “n. o (a) ‘summer’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “lěto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a summer (NA 115, 133, 143; SA 23, 199; PR 132; MP 24; RPT 111)”